Second Quebec Conference

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The Second Quebec Conference (codenamed "OCTAGON") was a high level military conference held during World War II between the British and United States governments. The conference was held in Quebec City, September 12, 1944 - September 16, 1944, and was the second conference to be held in Quebec. The chief representatives were Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Agreements were reached on the following topics: Allied occupation zones in defeated Germany, the Morgenthau Plan, continued U.S. economic aid to the United Kingdom, and UK naval participation in the conflict against Japan.

[edit] Further Reading

• John L. Chase "The Development of the Morgenthau Plan Through the Quebec Conference" The Journal of Politics, Vol. 16, No. 2 (May, 1954), pp. 324-359

[edit] External links

• United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States, Conference at Quebec, 1944

• BBC Factfile: Second Quebec Conference

[edit] See also

• List of World War II conferences